Urdu Numbers

If you're trying to learn Urdu Numbers you will find some useful resources including a course about Cardinal Numbers and Ordinal Numbers... to help you with your Urdu grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Urdu. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!

Urdu Numbers

Learning the Urdu Numbers is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Urdu language. But first we need to know what the role of Numbers is in the structure of the grammar in Urdu.

Urdu cardinal number convey the "how many" they're also known as "counting numbers," because they show quantity. Here are some examples:

English Numbers

Urdu Numbers

numbers

a'edad - اعداد

one

ayk - ایک

two

deo - دو

three

teyn - تین

four

char - چار

five

panech - پانچ

six

cheh - چھ

seven

sat - سات

eight

aṭeh - آٹھ

nine

neo - نو

ten

des - دس

eleven

gueyareh - گیارہ

twelve

bareh - بارہ

thirteen

teyreh - تیرہ

fourteen

cheodeh - چودہ

fifteen

penedereh - پندرہ

sixteen

seola - سولا

seventeen

setereh - سترہ

eighteen

aṭehareh - اٹھارہ

nineteen

aneys - انیس

twenty

beys - بیس

hundred

seo - سو

one thousand

ayk hezar - ایک ہزار

million

des lakeh - دس لاکھ

As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Numbers in Urdu has a logical pattern. Locate the Numbers above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Urdu.

List of Ordinal Numbers in Urdu

Urdu Ordinal numbers tell the order of things in a set: first, second, third, etc. Ordinal numbers do not show quantity. They only show rank or position. Below is a list of the Cardinal Numbers and Ordinal Numbers in Urdu. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Urdu vocabulary.

English Numbers

Urdu Numbers

Ordinal Numbers

'eded tereteybey henedesai - عدد ترتیبی ہندسے

first

pehela - پہلا

second

deosera - دوسرا

third

teysera - تیسرا

fourth

cheoteha - چوتھا

fifth

panecheoan - پانچواں

sixth

cheheṭa - چھٹا

seventh

sateoan - ساتواں

eighth

aṭeheoan - آٹھواں

ninth

neoan - نواں

tenth

n - ن

eleventh

gueyareheoan - گیارہواں

twelfth

bareheoan - بارہواں

thirteenth

teyreheoan - تیرھواں

fourteenth

cheodeheoyn - چودھویں

fifteenth

penedereheoan - پندرھواں

sixteenth

seoleheoan - سولہواں

seventeenth

setereheoan - سترھواں

eighteenth

aṭehareoan - اٹھارواں

nineteenth

aneyseoan - انیسواں

twentieth

beyseoan - بیسواں

once

ayk defe'eh - ایک دفعہ

twice

deo defe'eh - دو دفعہ

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